When finding visual research for my self portrait video, I decided to look at some Film Noir inspired photography. I am planning on using a black and white colour scheme for my video therefore I thought that some of this imagery would give me some ideas for my own work. All of the images are black and white but they have a very extreme high contrast quality to them which is created through hard lighting. There is a strong sense of highlight and shadow which increases the intensity of the image. They all have quite a mysterious and crime like appearance as the people featuring in some of the images are quite often hidden in the shadows with their identity hidden from the audience. I would like to include people in my video but am not quite sure who I will include or how obvious I will make them to the audience as I have thought of asking some close family/friends to film their own sections, therefore their part in it would be very subtle. Some Film Noir photography is not always of people. Often it will show a landscape, usually an industrial, city like location. I think that my video will include several landscapes, however, I am naturally more drawn to naturalistic and scenic locations such as the woods or the beach, therefore I am more likely to film these.
I think that I will not include the same level of contrast and intensity in my imagery as I don't want to copy the style of Film Noir. I will just think about some of the locations I use and how the lighting will effect the level of shadowing and highlights. The photography all has quite an aged feel to it which reflects the time period, however, the footage in my video should reflect the current time which is fitting as it should be a representation of our place in the world and how we see it.
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